In Algerian areas, eight Tamarix species were recorded (Marlin et al. 2017)
(Table 14.1). Indeed, the Tamarix genus very widespread in Algeria from the edge
of the sea at the bottom of the Sahara. They have not yet been sufficiently studied
Table 14.1 Different Tamarix species recorded in Algerian areas
Tamarix species
Statue
Localization
Source of information
T. africana Desf.
Native
Oued Biskra
Sebkha de Miserghine
Khanechla region
(northeast Algeria)
Rachgoun, Oued Isser,
Oued Zenata et Hammam
Bougrara (Tlemcen)
Chott Zahrez (Djelfa)
Battandier (1907),
Quezel and Santa (1963),
Baum (1978), Khabtane
and Rahmoun (2012),
Hadj Allal (2014),
Nedjimi et al. (2012)
T. amplexicaulis
(balansea J. Gay)
Native
Very rare species,
observed in southern of
Biskra (Balansa forest)
and near to Oud Seggeur
(Oasis of Brezina.
Willaya d’El-Bayadh), in
the great western erg
Battandier (1907), DGF
(2017)
T. articulata (aphylla,
orientalis)
Native
Introduced
Recorded in oasis, in the
Hoggar,
Plain of Abadla (Bechar):
Tamarix forest
Introduced in Tell
Algerian area
Battandier (1907),
BNEDER (2015), DGF
(2017)
T. boveana
(bounoupea)
Saline saharian chott
Marsh and sands in
altitude between 0-300m.
Chott Zahrez (Djelfa)
Battandier (1907),
Nedjimi et al. (2012)
T. canariensis
In sandy slope in altitude
between 0-800m
Marlin et al. (2017)
T. gallica (arborea,
tamariscus gallicus,
narbonensis,
pentendra, anglica)
Native
Naturalized
Saharan area: Ai ElBaida,
Ouargla;
West of Algeria
Rechgoun (Beni Saf);
Oum El bouaghi, El Taref
Chutt Edhiba (Souf
region, Northern Sahara)
Battandier (1907), Koull
and Chehma (2014),
Hassaine et al. (2014),
Fellah et al. 2018 ;
Khachkhouch et al.
(2020)
T. parviflora (cretica,
laxa var. subspicata,
lucronensis, rubella)
Naïve
Batna
Battandier (1907), Marlin
et al. (2017)
T. passerinoides Desf.
(tenuifolia, Trichaurus
pycnocarpus
(unresolved),
passerinoides
var. macrocarpa
(infraspecific taxa)
Native
Located in the same
region with T.
amplexicaulis, in
southern of Biskra and in
oued Seggeur (willaya
d’El-Bayadh): Great
western erg.
Battandier (1907), DGF
(2017)
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(Table 14.1). Indeed, the Tamarix genus very widespread in Algeria from the edge
of the sea at the bottom of the Sahara. They have not yet been sufficiently studied
Table 14.1 Different Tamarix species recorded in Algerian areas
Tamarix species
Statue
Localization
Source of information
T. africana Desf.
Native
Oued Biskra
Sebkha de Miserghine
Khanechla region
(northeast Algeria)
Rachgoun, Oued Isser,
Oued Zenata et Hammam
Bougrara (Tlemcen)
Chott Zahrez (Djelfa)
Battandier (1907),
Quezel and Santa (1963),
Baum (1978), Khabtane
and Rahmoun (2012),
Hadj Allal (2014),
Nedjimi et al. (2012)
T. amplexicaulis
(balansea J. Gay)
Native
Very rare species,
observed in southern of
Biskra (Balansa forest)
and near to Oud Seggeur
(Oasis of Brezina.
Willaya d’El-Bayadh), in
the great western erg
Battandier (1907), DGF
(2017)
T. articulata (aphylla,
orientalis)
Native
Introduced
Recorded in oasis, in the
Hoggar,
Plain of Abadla (Bechar):
Tamarix forest
Introduced in Tell
Algerian area
Battandier (1907),
BNEDER (2015), DGF
(2017)
T. boveana
(bounoupea)
Saline saharian chott
Marsh and sands in
altitude between 0-300m.
Chott Zahrez (Djelfa)
Battandier (1907),
Nedjimi et al. (2012)
T. canariensis
In sandy slope in altitude
between 0-800m
Marlin et al. (2017)
T. gallica (arborea,
tamariscus gallicus,
narbonensis,
pentendra, anglica)
Native
Naturalized
Saharan area: Ai ElBaida,
Ouargla;
West of Algeria
Rechgoun (Beni Saf);
Oum El bouaghi, El Taref
Chutt Edhiba (Souf
region, Northern Sahara)
Battandier (1907), Koull
and Chehma (2014),
Hassaine et al. (2014),
Fellah et al. 2018 ;
Khachkhouch et al.
(2020)
T. parviflora (cretica,
laxa var. subspicata,
lucronensis, rubella)
Naïve
Batna
Battandier (1907), Marlin
et al. (2017)
T. passerinoides Desf.
(tenuifolia, Trichaurus
pycnocarpus
(unresolved),
passerinoides
var. macrocarpa
(infraspecific taxa)
Native
Located in the same
region with T.
amplexicaulis, in
southern of Biskra and in
oued Seggeur (willaya
d’El-Bayadh): Great
western erg.
Battandier (1907), DGF
(2017)
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